Chapter 88: Chapter 87: Aunt Ayaka…

“Noooo! I ain’t letting you sleep there! You’re going to sleep with your sister!”

A shouting Shika-neesan can be seen clinging to my body as she tries to pull me out of the door of Aunt Ayaka’s room. Why? Because, unlike my room, Aunt Ayaka’s room had a door latch lock inside which prevented her from entering the room.

Now, why don't I have that in my room? Simple. The possibility of me having a nightmare is still intact. Once I’m having those days, Aunt Ayaka can just as easily unlock the door with her keys.

In front of me, the clinging Asuka was pulling me in as if her dear life were on the line. She’s poutingly glaring at Nee-san. Then Aunt Ayaka, who was just sitting in the bedroom leisurely while watching us with an amusing smile on her face.

“Nooooo! Nii will sleep with Asuka!”

Please help me, you sadistic Aunt!

Earlier…

After eating dinner, Asuka, who couldn't contain her excitement anymore, was looking at me with glistening eyes and dragged me upstairs. Nee-san, who just came home earlier, became confused as to why Asuka was acting like that, so she followed us upstairs.

Though Naoki and Yuki were feeling upset because I decided to sleep in Aunt Ayaka’s room. It left them no choice but to sleep in my room, the two of them. Of course, they can’t outright retort to my decision because the one who requested was Asuka, the two were fond of her too.

Then how about Izumi-sensei’s instruction of not leaving Naoki’s side? Once I feel something odd or know something is coming, I can just go to my room and sleep there.

After dragging me upstairs, Asuka excitedly said. “Nii! Let’s sleep! Come! Hehehe~♪”

Nee-san heard what Asuka said, and that’s the reason I’m in this dilemma between the two. Thinking about it, Nee-san’s childish behavior is on the same level as Asuka's. Sometimes, I want to have those older sisters in some light novel I’ve read where they’ll take care of you and have this mature vibe around her. Oh, wait, scratch that, I wanted an older sister who acts normal.

Please… I admit she’s beautiful and smart, but there’s definitely something wrong in her head. Oh god...

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Finally, I’m inside Aunt Ayaka’s room and on the bed laying down. The bed where I’m laying down right now was a two-person bed. Between Aunt Ayaka and me was Asuka, who’s wearing her panda pajamas, sleeping peacefully while hugging my arm like I’ll leave her or something. That’s my impression when I saw her desperate and tight embrace. I started caressing her head.

Amidst that, I saw Aunt Ayaka looking at me with a smile on her face as she watched me caress her daughter gently. We've been like this for an hour now, I could hear Asuka’s cute snoring indicating she’s sleeping now.

“Asuka’s cute, right?”

“Of course, she’s so innocent and adorable.”

“Fufufu, you’re like that too. I remember the first time I saw you, you’re holding your sister’s hand that time, looking at me with those innocent eyes. At first, I thought you and your sister would be hard to deal with since I have no experience taking care of a child…” Aunt Ayaka looked at the sleeping Asuka and joined me in caressing her head.

She then continued, “... But to my surprise, you’re the one who's more behaved and well-mannered than your sister. I thought it would be the other way around, that’s why remembering it still gives me some laughs till to this day.”

"Seriously...?"

"Of course, just imagine Asuka, but more quiet and obedient."

"Uh... Thank you."

After that, Asuka started sobbing in her sleep as she tightens her embrace on me. As a result of that, it bewildered me, I unconsciously started comforting Asuka as she sleeps. I thought that Asuka was just having a bad dream or nightmare, but then she mentioned something in her sleep in a muttering voice.

"Papa."

"..." I'm speechless when I heard Asuka mistook me as her father. She really misses her father dearly, but it pains me to see Asuka acting like this. Is there any way for me to help her? I feel bad for Asuka...

"Haaa... Sorry about this, Tatsuya. Asuka cries whenever she remembers her father."

"How often does this occur, Aunt?"

"Sometimes a week before you got here, but when you started living with us it became more often. There were times where she would cry and started shouting while searching for his father. You see, she's so attached to her father that I would be jealous, sometimes."

I figured that's the reason Asuka became quite attached to me even though we've only met for a few days. I haven't met Aunt's husband since she didn't really introduce him to us or even met Aunt Ayaka since moving out of our house. From that thought, I wondered if her husband was a real douche.

"Um, Aunt, if I may ask if what's the real reason for your divorce, Mom only told me about the infidelity of your husband but other than not, there's nothing. If you don't want to answer, Aunt, I'm okay with it..."

Aunt Ayaka smiled dejectedly before answering me, "That's partially the truth, but I'm at fault, too. Since I gave birth to Asuka, I've been focusing all my attention on Asuka, and in the process, I neglected him completely. Sometimes, I would even forget that he existed..."

What... The... Aunt Ayaka forgot he existed? That's harsh...

She then continued, "... I don't blame him. I may be a mom but never I did become a wife to him. In my daughter's head, I may be a decent mother to her, but I'm also the reason why her dearly father left and abandoned us..."

"I'm not sure about what happens after divorce, but the father can still visit their children's, right? From what I've seen from Asuka, she's quite fond and attached to her father which means her father is the same."

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"Yeah... However, he's got a family himself... That's why, he told me himself 'I'm not going back, it will only be hard for her. It's better if she can just forget me. Do your best at taking care of her. Of course, I won't forget sending money for Asuka.'. Those were the exact words, he said to me. Remembering it still angers me."

Furrowing my eyebrows upon hearing the reason Asuka's father doesn't visit his own daughter, at that time, if I'm in there I would smash his skull until he realized what he did wrong. I can't believe he just said that, like Asuka, was just an object. It makes my blood boil just imagining if I'm in Aunt's position at that time.

"Fufufu, no need to get angry. After he said that, I gave him a beating and broke his nose. Fufufu~," Aunt Ayaka then rubbed my hair, as she giggles.

"Auntie..."

"Come on, no need for you to have a sour mood because of a past. There's no need to remember those bad parts of our past, and just move on. If you cling to your terrible past, it will only hinder and weigh you down as you progress in your life."

"... I think I've heard that somewhere."

"Of course, it's popular."

"... But are you sure about that, Auntie? Didn't you love him?"

"Love? I don't think so."

I made a complicated face while staring at Aunt Ayaka. "What do you mean by that?"

"Yeah, I did marry him, but that doesn't mean I loved him. During our married life, I realized I didn't really love him nor even cared about him."

"Huh? I'm confused... Explain it, please..."

"I guess, it will be a story-telling night."

"Aunt..."

"Fine, fine. I can't joke around you anymore. Okay, after I left and lived by myself, I met Asuka's father in the workplace, we're co-workers. One day, we got into a project together, from that point we developed a good relationship with each other. I had some fun of shares with him. I thought that was love, so one day he proposed to me. However, instead of being happy, I felt a complex feeling inside my chest that day. In the end, I accepted it."

"But, why did you accept it? If you feel complicated?"

"Obligated, I guess? I don't know, that day I felt obligated to accept it without taking a serious consideration how I actually feel about him. Perhaps because of how he looks at me...? No, because I forced myself into thinking that I actually loved him, but in truth, it was just my selfish force wishful thinking. I enjoyed his company, yet I misunderstood it as love."

I carefully listened to Aunt Ayaka as she tells me the reason for her divorce, then Asuka, who was sobbing in her sleep, earlier. Now she stopped crying and peacefully sleeping in my embrace.

In truth, I have no idea what Aunt was telling me because the concept of love is still an anomaly for me. It sounds hypocritical because I said about loving Naoki and Yuki, but that's what my brain is telling me. I'm still in the process of understanding it.

"For that reason, as we accompany each other, I gradually understood my true feelings, which is the pressure I've been carrying on my shoulder. The pressure of having a family because as time passes so does my age, I can't live alone by myself. I want a family like Kumiko-nee has. That's why I envied your mother when staying at your house for years. She had a loving husband who spoils her and two loving children who are adorable and well-mannered." Aunt Ayaka gave me a gentle, wry smile.

She then continued, "That's my actual reason for leaving. At first, I thought it was because I feel in debt to your parents, they're the ones who helped me in the worst days of my life. Although they have a family that needs to take care of, yet they still accepted me. So, I left to live by myself and pursue my own career. But in the end, that's not what I'm searching for. I wanted a loving family."

"Aren't we one?"

"Haa... Tatsuya, yes, I know you guys treat me like family. But, that's a different matter for me. Having my own child and a person whom I love are still different. I want to have my own. That's probably just my selfish self wanting."

"But..."

"Yes, my husband left me. But regardless, I still my daughter with me as long she's with me, I'm happy. Instead of mopping around, I focused all my attention on raising Asuka with the love and attention she needs. As long I can see her growing up into a loving woman with good morals, I'm satisfied."

"You're a strong woman, Auntie." I smiled at her.

"What a flirtatious nephew I have. Fufufu~ Now, let's talk about you and your idiotic life decisions."

"Aunt... Are you serious? You're going to sermon me, now?"

"Silly, I'm just kidding. You have a meeting with your psychiatrist tomorrow. Go sleep." Aunt Ayaka said with a smile on her face when she leaned over and gave me a kiss on my forehead before heading to sleep.

"Good night."

I chuckled under my breath and said. "Good night too, Auntie."

My eyelids started closing themselves as my consciousness darkens from every second that passes by.

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